The advocacy group Transportation Alternatives says the NYPD is failing to hold dangerous drivers accountable; the group contends that the department's lack of enforcement is an indirect contributor to the tragedies.

Michelle Matson, a Brooklyn resident who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident, is among those who may testify.

Transportation Alternatives says that it presented thousands of letters to
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly last fall, asking for stronger enforcement and more vigorous investigations of crashes that result in serious injury or death. "The police responded to
those pleas for justice with disdain, scoffing 'that's why they call it
an accident,'" according to Transportation Alternatives spokesman Michael Murphy. "The police department may have found it easy to ignore
nearly 3,000 letters demanding justice for the victims of dangerous
driving, but City Council Members Peter Vallone and James Vacca heard
those voices loud and clear."

The Public Safety Committee Chair is Councilman Peter Vallone Jr; the Transportation Committee Chair is Councilman James Vacca.

The group released a poll in December that showed strong support for an
NYPD crackdown on dangerous driving practices, including speeding.
"Elected officials should heed this landslide of support for safety
among their most active constituents, direct the NYPD to crackdown on
dangerous driving and start saving lives today," Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Paul Steely White said at the time.